Miller said he ditched his offseason yoga regimen for more bench presses this year, and it shows. He has a noticeably thicker torso and biceps and said he’s packing 260 pounds. That’s five more than when he had his best games last year, and 23 more than his rookie season. He said he wants to put on a couple more pounds before the season starts, too.

‘‘Yeah, that’s always been a goal for me is to be bigger, stronger, faster and at my position,’’ Miller said. ‘‘I’m already undersized as it is, as much as I hate saying that. So as much mass as I can put on but still keep what makes me the player that I am, which is speed and quickness, just so long as I keep that, the more mass that I can put on and keep those guys off me the better.’’

‘‘Yeah, that’s always been a goal for me is to be bigger, stronger, faster and at my position,’’ Miller said. ‘‘I’m already undersized as it is, as much as I hate saying that. So as much mass as I can put on but still keep what makes me the player that I am, which is speed and quickness, just so long as I keep that, the more mass that I can put on and keep those guys off me the better.’’

‘‘Yeah, that’s always been a goal for me is to be bigger, stronger, faster and at my position,’’ Miller said. ‘‘I’m already undersized as it is, as much as I hate saying that. So as much mass as I can put on but still keep what makes me the player that I am, which is speed and quickness, just so long as I keep that, the more mass that I can put on and keep those guys off me the better.’’

I'm worried he's not going to be as flexible, that's 50% of his freakish pass rush ability. No yoga + more middle mass = less bend and more potential for injury.

I agree with this. One of his best moves is a speed rush and as he starts to get around the RT he dips down where the RT lose contact with him and he is able to get around him. This takes a lot of flexibility to do full speed.

I don't see anything wrong with our best defender looking to get better. And I think we are assuming he's just never doing any flexibility/yoga training anymore in lieu of this which none of us know. He's a smart kid.

Von has been undersized his entire NFL career. he's not a full on LB, he's really more of a 3-4 OLB than a pure SAM.
he needs the bulk to hold up over a full season and not have lull's in performance, plus he knows that opposing teams have two years of film on him.
he wants to continue to tweak his game and improve. personally i think he wants not only the sack record but also the DPOY award.

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It's gonna suck when he leaves us to play for the Cowboys in a few years.